Several retailers, houses have been damaged in the cloudburst in Tehri district’s Devprayag space. (Photo for illustration)
Several houses and retailers had been damaged as a result of a cloudburst in Tehri district’s Devprayag space on Tuesday. No report of any casualty has been acquired to this point.
Relief and rescue groups have been rushed to the spot, a high police official mentioned.
“No casualties have been reported yet. SDRF teams are on their way to the spot,” information company quoted DGP Ashok Kumar, as saying.
“Cloudburst was reported at 5 pm today. Around 12-13 shops and several other properties have been damaged. Since most of these shops were closed due to lockdown, no casualty has been reported yet. Water level is on the rise here, rescue operation underway,” MS Rawat, SHO Devprayag, mentioned.
Houses in some villages and roads had been damaged in two separate cloudburst incidents in Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi districts of Uttarakhand on May 3.
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Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat had directed the district magistrates involved to supply all doable reduction and the required monetary help to the affected folks.
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The chief minister additionally requested Public Works Department (PWD), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) officers to instantly clear the blocked roads to make sure that the folks in the affected areas don’t face any inconvenience.
